Sunday, January 22, 2017

Aesthetics

I
switched link colors from the medium range red to a light blue. I
suffered one of those moments when I see something for the hundredth
time and finally realize t is incredibly unappealing. The color
scheme finally struck me as gaudy. It had to go.

The
colors on my blog are a selfish choice. I have an easier time
reading on black backgrounds because of my poor eyesight. It counts
against my because people generally consider black text on a white
background more serious. I also must choose brighter colors for
links as they are easier to read on a black background as well. For
whatever reason, I continually become dissatisfied with schemes.
Every change eventually appears to be a bad idea, so I must play
color roulette yet again.

Pardon
the inconsistency. Hopefully, the aesthetics does not suffer too
badly.

Fun
fact: while using Google to confirm the spelling of “aesthetics,”
I came across its Wikipedia entry. I meant to use the word in
reference to the appeal of my blog's color scheme, but learned there
is an entire branch of philosophy called aesthetics. It is think
study of art, beauty, and taste. In a more scientific sense, it is
the study of judgment and taste. It figures there would be a branch
of philosophy whose purpose would be to endlessly debate the question
“What is art?” Aesthetics is a subject perhaps wroth looking into
further sometime down the road.